| Adeline Ketcheshawna DuBois 03/22/2017 |
In this interview, Adeline Ketcheshawna DuBois talks about growing up in a Kickapoo village and attending small country schools. She explains how she started out playing basketball for the Air Force and… |
| Anita Caldwell Jackson 02/02/2014 |
Anita Caldwell Jackson, an art teacher and professional artist, talks about her childhood and her memories of drawing faces from an early age. She explains the path she has taken to get to this point as… |
| Anita Fields 02/14/2011 |
Anita Fields, a professional artist, knew she wanted to be an artist from a very young age. She describes growing up and learning more about her family's culture and tribal heritage. She explains her path… |
| Anna Mitchell 11/11/2011 |
Anna Mitchell, credited with reviving the Southeastern Native tribes' pottery traditions, describes her childhood and how she first started working with clay. She explains how she gathered information… |
| Arigon Starr 03/13/2017 |
Arigon Starr explains how she fell in love with theater and bass guitar while living on a naval base in the Philippines. She remembers the intertribal education she received while living in Los Angeles… |
| Austin Real Rider 11/16/2015 |
Austin Real Rider, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and how he was always drawn to art. He explains his late start in pursuing art as a career and how he became interested in pottery and… |
| Benjamin Harjo Jr. 10/14/2010 |
Benjamin Harjo, Jr. is an Indian artist who has been involved in the Oklahoma Indian art scene for many years. He talks about how he learned his craft and some of the evolutions his style has gone through.… |
| Bert D. Seabourn 12/01/2010 |
Bert Seabourn, a professional artist, describes his love of cartoons, his passion for art, and his path into the world of art. He mentions some of the people he has worked with and some of the places he… |
| Bill Glass Jr. 02/16/2011 |
Bill Glass Jr., a professional artist for many years, talks about growing up around tribal cultures and becoming an artist. He describes a few of his larger projects and the work and thought that went… |
| Bill Rabbit 12/10/2010 |
Bill Rabbit, an Indian artist, has been painting professionally for many years. He shares some of his childhood experiences and the situations that led him to become an artist. Rabbit describes his creative… |
| Bobby Martin 01/05/2013 |
Bobby Martin, a professional artist and art teacher, describes his journey into art as a career and some of the inspirations for his work. He goes into detail about the different techniques he uses in… |
| Brenda Kennedy 09/29/2011 |
Brenda Kennedy, a professional artist, describes growing up not knowing anything about her Native heritage and how that affected her later. She explains her career path and the role her husband has played.… |
| Brent Greenwood 11/13/2014 |
Brent Greenwood, a professional artist, talks about growing up and being influenced by the famous native artists of this time, like Rance Hood. He describes his art education and how he discovered the… |
| Brent Learned 10/05/2012 |
Brent Learned, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and his art education. He explains how he began his art career and how his style has changed over time. He mentions some people who have… |
| Bryan Waytula 11/09/2017 |
Bryan Waytula was born and raised in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, with the artistic influences of his Cherokee mother and grandmother. Waytula received a scholarship to study art at the University of Oklahoma,… |
| Bunky Echo-Hawk 01/26/2016 |
Bunky Echo-Hawk, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and being influenced by the art of both parents. He explains his art education and how he first became interested in showing how Native… |
| C. Maxx Stevens 09/26/2016 |
C. Maxx Stevens, an art teacher and professional artist, talks about growing up and being taught about her Native heritage. She explains her art education and how she became interested in sculpture and… |
| Carl Rubenstein & Deborah Rubenstein 05/11/2012 |
Carl and Deborah Rubenstein, collectors of Native art, discuss their childhoods and backgrounds. They explain how they became interested in collecting in Native art. They describe how they decide to buy… |
| Carol Pate 10/29/2013 |
Carol Pate, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and how she became interested in beadwork. She explains her start and influences. She mentions some of the people who have helped her along… |
| Charles Chapman 05/25/2016 |
Charles Chapman, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and how he was always interested in art. He explains how he taught himself how to paint and how he started researching his tribe's history… |
| Charles Pratt 03/04/2011 |
Charles Pratt, a professional artist for many years, has primarily worked in sculptures. He describes his childhood and how he decided to pursue a career in art. He talks about his creative process and… |
| Chase Kahwinhut Earles 09/25/2013 |
Chase Kahwinhut Earles, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and his journey to becoming an artist. He discusses the training and research he has done to make sure that he is making traditional… |
| Clancy Gray 10/28/2012 |
Clancy Gray, a teacher and professional artist, talks about his childhood and the artistic side to his family. He explains his love of teaching art and how he balances teaching and working on his own artwork.… |
| Crystal Hanna 10/23/2012 |
Crystal Hanna, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and why she did not pursue art until later in life. She explains the impact that Anna Mitchell, a master potter, had on her and her work.… |
| D. G. Smalling 02/05/2013 |
D. G. Smalling, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and his international travels that have impacted his art. He describes his technique and subject matter and how important it is to him to… |
| Dana Tiger 05/25/2011 |
Dana Tiger, a professional artist for many years, describes her childhood and her relationship with her father, Jerome Tiger, an artist in his own right. She mentions a few of the hardships she and her… |
| Daniel Worcester 04/14/2015 |
Daniel Worcester, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and how he has always had a fascination with knives, especially when it came to whittling. He explains how he first became interested… |
| David Boren & Molly Boren 05/13/2014 |
David and Molly Boren, collectors of American Indian art, talk about their early experiences with Native art and explain their interest in it. They mention some of the specific pieces they have and the… |
| Demos Glass 11/21/2014 |
Demos Glass, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and growing up around the art of his father, Bill Glass. He explains his art education and his decision to pursue art as a career. He discusses… |
| Diana Folsom 05/21/2018 |
Diana Folsom talks about her life as a Native artist living in Oklahoma. She discusses her experiences in various art schools, including San Diego State University, Seneca State University, and Hunter… |
| Donald Vann 04/18/2011 |
Donald Vann, a longtime artist, describes his childhood and learning about his Cherokee heritage from his grandparents. He explains how he became a professional artist and the people who have influenced… |
| Doris Littrell 10/01/2010 |
Doris Littrell, a former gallery owner, describes how she became involved in marketing and promoting Indian art. She discusses business strategies and her efforts to raise awareness of Oklahoma Indian… |
| Dorothy Sullivan 02/01/2012 |
Dorothy Sullivan, an art instructor and professional artist, describes her childhood and shares a few stories of her Cherokee heritage. She explains her career path and some of the important lessons she… |
| Eddie Morrison 09/20/2013 |
Eddie Morrison, a professional sculptor, talks about his childhood and how he did not start his art career until later in his life. He mentions some people who encouraged and taught him, like Allan Houser,… |
| Edgar Heap of Birds 01/12/2011 |
Edgar Heap of Birds is a renowned professional artist who has traveled all over the world for his art. He talks about these travels and describes a few of his projects in detail. He explains his activism… |
| Frank Sheridan 05/04/2013 |
Frank Sheridan, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and how his mother taught him to do bead work. He describes his different types of artwork and his creative process for each. He mentions… |
| Gary Farris & Elizabeth Farris 11/27/2011 |
Gary and Elizabeth Farris, longtime Native art collectors, describe their childhoods and their respective Native heritages. They talk about how they met and their shared love of art. They explain what… |
| Gary Montgomery 02/08/2011 |
Gary Montgomery is a professional artist of Seminole descent and has been painting with oils for many years. He describes his childhood and how he came to pursue art as a career. He explains his creative… |
| George Levi 12/06/2014 |
George Levi, a professional artist, talks about growing up and being surrounded by Cheyenne tribal culture. He explains how he came to pursue art and why he primarily focuses on ledger art and beadwork.… |
| Gerald Cournoyer 12/10/2018 |
Gerald Cournoyer discusses his life as a Native American artist living in Oklahoma. He talks about his schooling, tribal history and life on the reservation, and the various art shows that he has attended.… |
| Gina Gray 10/19/2010 |
Gina Gray is an artist from the Osage tribe and has been creating art for most of her life. She describes her art education and some of her teachers. Gray discusses the development of her style, the research… |
| Gordon Yellowman 11/21/2011 |
Gordon Yellowman, a professional artist, describes his first experiences with art and the encouragement he received to pursue art. He explains his educational art path and his work as a teacher. He goes… |
| Gwen Coleman Lester 03/13/2012 |
Gwen Coleman Lester, a professional artist, discusses her childhood and how she decided to pursue art as a career. She describes her career path and some of her projects. Lester mentions some of the people… |
| Harvey Pratt 03/18/2012 |
Harvey Pratt, a professional and forensic artist, describes his childhood and the influence of his older brother, Charlie Pratt, who is also a professional artist. He explains how he became involved in… |
| Heidi Bigknife 12/02/2012 |
Heidi Bigknife, a professional artist, describes her childhood and how she began to learn about her tribal heritage. She explains her art journey and how she decided to pursue photography and jewelry making… |
| Holly Wilson 01/29/2014 |
Holly Wilson, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and her art education. She explains how she became an artist and how she decides what material to use. She discusses her style, process, and… |
| Jane Osti 05/02/2011 |
Jane Osti, a professional artist, describes her childhood and how she reconnected with her Cherokee heritage as an adult. She explains what drew her to pottery and being influenced by various teachers,… |
| Janet Smith 12/01/2017 |
Janet Smith was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and always knew her Cherokee heritage. She received formal art training from Bacone College as a nontraditional student, but after learning about art therapy,… |
| Jeanne Rorex Bridges 05/17/2012 |
Jeanne Rorex Bridges, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and how she first became involved with art. She mentions some of her teachers and the impact they had on her. She describes her style… |
| Jeannie Barbour 05/04/2011 |
Jeannie Barbour, a professional artist, describes her youth and learning about her Chickasaw heritage. She explains how she started pursuing a career in art and how that led to her work with the Chickasaw… |
| Jereldine Redcorn 01/23/2013 |
Jereldine Redcorn, a teacher turned professional artist, talks about her childhood and growing up around different Native tribes. She explains her career and how she got into making traditional Caddo pottery.… |
| Jesse Hummingbird 04/07/2014 |
Jesse Humingbird, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and some of the early influences on his work. He explains how he came to pursue art as a career and some of the lessons he learned over… |
| Jim Van Deman 01/15/2013 |
Jim Van Deman, a professional artist, talks about growing up around art and his formal art education. He explains how he decided to pursue art as a career and some of his different types of art. He describes… |
| Joan Brown 01/07/2011 |
Joan Brown has been a professional artist for many years while parallel her other roles as mother and social worker. She describes her childhood and growing up around Creek influences. Brown explains how… |
| Joan Hill 09/14/2011 |
Joan Hill, a professional artist, describes her childhood and the role her family has played in her life and career. She explains the influence of Dick West on her decision to pursue a career in Native… |
| Joe McBride 03/24/2011 |
Joe McBride, a retired newspaper editor and art gallery owner, describes his childhood and how he became fascinated by Indian art. He talks about the town of Anadarko, Oklahoma, his gallery, and working… |
| John Brown 02/02/2017 |
John Brown, a maker of bows and arrows and wooden canoes, talks about growing up and learning about his Creek heritage. He explains how he first started making bows and arrows and how he became involved… |
| John Knifechief 04/28/2015 |
John Knifechief, a professional artist, talks about growing up and how his father taught him how to make traditional Native bows and arrows. He explains how he has made these items while holding other… |
| Johnnie Diacon 09/11/2017 |
Johnnie Diacon talks about growing up with the influence of Creek and Cherokee culture, and how he helped his father paint signs around northwestern Arkansas. A Muscogee Creek citizen, he received his… |
| Johnny Moore Tiger Jr. 05/25/2011 |
Johnny Moore Tiger, Jr., a professional artist, talks about his childhood and his grandfather sharing information about his heritage with him. He explains how he became an artist and discusses some of… |
| Jon Mark Tiger 02/17/2012 |
Jon Mark Tiger, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and the various types of art education he received. He describes the development of his artistic style and some of the challenges of the… |
| Juanita Pahdopony 05/07/2015 |
Juanita Pahdopony, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and the early influences of the Comanche tribe on her. She describes her career, her own art education, and her work as an art educator.… |
| Judy Coser 11/08/2012 |
Judy Coser, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and how she first became interested in beadwork. She explains the specific style and technique of her beadwork and how she is very selective… |
| Karin Walkingstick 09/29/2015 |
Karin Walkingstick, a professional artist, has won many awards for her contemporary pottery. She talks about her childhood and her life before becoming a full-time artist. She explains how she first became… |
| Kelly Haney 12/11/2011 |
Kelly Haney, a professional artist, politician, and businessman, talks about his childhood and how art has always been a part of his life. He describes the evolution of his artistic style through his education… |
| Ken Bonds 10/09/2014 |
Ken Bonds, initiator of the Red Earth Indian Arts Festival, talks about his childhood and his interest in Native art. He explains his career and civic work in the community and how that led to the creation… |
| Kenneth Johnson 10/15/2017 |
Kenneth Johnson works fine metals into beautiful pieces of jewelry. Of Muscogee/Seminole Nation heritage, Johnson was introduced to traditional Native arts and crafting techniques during his formal education… |
| Lena Blackbird 01/25/2013 |
Lena Blackbird, a basket maker, talks about her childhood and how she first learned to basket weave. She describes her process and talks about materials she uses. Blackbird mentions some of the people… |
| Les Berryhill 09/20/2012 |
Les Berryhill, a basketball coach turned artist, talks about how he finally decided to pursue art and his early life experiences that influenced him. He describes the different types of beadwork that he… |
| Leslie Deer 02/06/2017 |
Leslie Deer, dancer and fashion designer, talks about her childhood and growing up around many different cultures. She explains her career path and how she first began dancing with the American Indian… |
| Lester Harragarra 05/19/2016 |
Lester Harragarra, a professional photographer, talks about growing up around his Native culture and the early influences on his work. He explains how he first became interested in photography and how… |
| Linda Greever 09/15/2010 |
Linda Greever, an art gallery owner, talks about how she came to be involved in the art gallery business and the lessons she has learned along the way. She describes the gallery’s Native art focus and… |
| Linda Greever 10/02/2012 |
Linda Greever, an art collector and gallery owner, describes her childhood and how she first became interested in art. She explains how she opened her gallery and her first exposure to Native art. She… |
| Linda Lomahaftewa 10/13/2017 |
Linda Lomahaftewa grew up with her Hopi and Choctaw heritage in the Southwest region of the United States. She received her artistic training from the San Francisco Art Institute where she focused on painting,… |
| Lisa Rutherford 10/21/2013 |
Lisa Rutherford, a professional artist, has worked with art in many different forms. She talks about her childhood and her reintroduction into art by Bill Glass. She explains her career path and describes… |
| Lorene Drywater 12/13/2016 |
Lorene Drywater has been making buffalo grass dolls for many years. She talks about her childhood and learning to make these dolls. She describes the materials needed and some of the techniques she uses.… |
| Margaret Roach Wheeler 02/15/2015 |
Margaret Roach Wheeler, a professional artist, talks about growing up and being surrounded by women making textiles with their hands. She explains her art education and how she first became interested… |
| Marlene Riding In Mameah 10/28/2015 |
Marlene Riding In Mameah, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and how she was encouraged to make Native American Indian art in school. She describes her art education and the influence people… |
| Martha Berry 11/17/2012 |
Martha Berry, a Cherokee bead artist, researched the history of Cherokee beadwork and introduced this unique kind of beadwork to the art world. She describes her childhood and how she was told to ignore… |
| Marwin Begaye 05/06/2018 |
Marwin Begaye, an associate professor of painting and printmaking at the University of Oklahoma (OU), describes his early exposure to art growing up in a small Diné community outside of Gallup, New Mexico.… |
| Mary Adair 12/08/2011 |
Mary Adair, a professional artist, talks about her art education and her different types of art. She describes her career path and how she has focused mostly on doing art shows instead of gallery work.… |
| Mary Horsechief Henderson 04/03/2015 |
Mary Horsechief Henderson, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and the beginning of her art education at a young age from her mother, who was an art teacher. She explains the path she has… |
| Mary Smith 04/30/2015 |
Mary Smith, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and how she first became interested in art through pottery. She explains how she learned to weave and make baskets. She describes her process… |
| Mel Cornshucker 03/11/2011 |
Mel Cornshucker, a professional potter for many years, talks about art coming to him naturally as a child and how he finally decided to pursue art as a career. He describes his style of stoneware and his… |
| Merlin Little Thunder 10/17/2014 |
Merlin Little Thunder is Cheyenne and has been a professional artist for many years and his work Bringing the Sand Creek Pipe is a depiction of the response of the Cheyenne to the Sand Creek massacre.… |
| Merlin Little Thunder 10/31/2010 |
Merlin Little Thunder is Cheyenne and has been a professional artist for many years. He explains how he became an artist and the experiences that pushed him toward this work. Little Thunder describes his… |
| Merlin Little Thunder, Doris Littrell & Robert Taylor 10/07/2010 |
Merlin Little Thunder and Robert Taylor are both Indian artists who have worked with Doris Littrell for many years. Merlin, Robert, and Doris all mention some of their memories of each other. They describe… |
| Michael Elizondo Jr. 02/20/2014 |
Michael Elizondo, Jr., a professional artist, talks about his childhood and how he always felt drawn to art. He explains his art education and some of the different lessons he learned at the different… |
| Mike Daniel 12/02/2011 |
Mike Daniel, a professional artist and art teacher, describes his art education and how he balanced being both an art teacher and a professional artist. He explains his style of pottery and his creative… |
| Mike Larsen 11/02/2010 |
Mike Larsen has worked in the field of public art for many years. He explains how he trained and developed as an artist. Larsen talks about the many different styles and mediums of art he has pursued at… |
| Minisa Crumbo-Halsey 11/02/2012 |
Minisa Crumbo-Halsey, daughter of the renowned artist Woody Crumbo, discusses his impact of on her life and work. She describes her own art journey and some of her projects. She explains how spirituality… |
| Molly Murphy Adams 01/18/2016 |
Molly Murphy Adams, a professional artist, talks about growing up around art and being encouraged by her relatives to pursue art. She describes her art education and some of the struggles she faced that… |
| Murv Jacob 10/03/2013 |
Murv Jacob, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and some of the different experiences he had that led him to pursue art. He describes his philosophy of trying to paint something every day.… |
| Nathan Hart 09/24/2014 |
Nathan Hart, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and his decision to pursue woodturning as an art. He explains where he gets his wood and describes some of his preferred techniques and subject… |
| Nathan Young 11/20/2017 |
Nathan Young is a Delaware, Kiowa, and Pawnee Native American artist from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and his work is as diverse as his heritage. He attended both Oklahoma State University and University of Oklahoma… |
| Norma Howard 11/19/2010 |
Norma Howard, an artist and Choctaw, mostly paints watercolors. She describes some of her experiences growing up and how they have affected her art. Howard explains how she first started painting and how… |
| Norman Akers 09/09/2012 |
Norman Akers, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and some of the early influences on his art. He goes through his education and explains how he became an art professor. He describes his style,… |
| Oliver Plumley 03/29/2013 |
Oliver Plumley, a professional musician and artist, describes growing up around the traditional music of powwows and how that kind of music is incorporated into his work. He explains what he is trying… |
| Patta Butcher 09/24/2015 |
Patta Butcher, or Patta LT, a professional artist, talks about growing up around textiles and learning at a young age how to make her own clothes. She explains her art education and how she began creating… |
| Peggy Tiger 04/05/2012 |
Peggy Tiger, wife of professional artist Jerome Tiger, talks about her childhood and her introduction to Native art. She describes their marriage and his personality. She explains how she came to create… |
| Phyllis Fife 04/28/2014 |
Phyllis Fife, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and growing up surrounded by artistic people and support for art. She explains her art education and how she balances her time between art… |
| Rance Hood 09/28/2011 |
Rance Hood, a professional artist, describes growing up around his grandparents and how they taught him about his Comanche heritage. He explains how he first started painting and some of the lessons he… |
| Richard Aitson 10/01/2012 |
Richard Aitson, a professional artist, describes his family and the different relatives who have influenced him and his work. He talks about his education and learning new skills throughout the years.… |
| Richard Ray Whitman 03/10/2011 |
Richard Whitman, a professional artist for many years whose work has largely been featured outside of galleries or commercial settings, describes growing up within the Yuchi culture. He talks about his… |
| Richard Zane Smith 03/31/2015 |
Richard Zane Smith, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and how art was always the subject he was most drawn to in school. He discusses his career path before becoming a full-time artist and… |
| Robby McMurtry 01/06/2011 |
Robby McMurtry is a professional artist who has worked in many different mediums. He describes how he was encouraged to pursue art and how he became an art teacher. He explains how he has always been drawn… |
| Robert Harlan Henry 02/10/2012 |
Robert Henry, a longtime collector of American Indian art, talks about growing up and the art that he was around as a child. He explains his process of art collecting and how he feels when he looks at… |
| Robert Redbird 01/20/2011 |
Robert Redbird has been a professional artist for many years and is well known. He describes his childhood and growing up around other artists. He mentions a few people who were very influential in his… |
| Robert Taylor 09/15/2010 |
Robert Taylor, an artist for over thirty years, discusses his art background along with his Native American Indian heritage. He describes some of the challenges he has faced in his career and some of the… |
| Ron Mitchell 12/13/2013 |
Ron Mitchell, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and why he decided to pursue art, even though he is color blind. He describes his artistic style, creative process, and personal preferences… |
| Ronald Rice Jr. 04/08/2013 |
Ronald Rice, Jr., a Native drum maker, talks about his childhood and growing up around drums and powwows. He goes into detail about the energy and process of making a drum. Rice explains the spiritual… |
| Roy Boney 01/29/2016 |
Roy Boney, a professional artist, talks about growing up and being surrounded by the Cherokee language and culture. He explains his art education and how he felt drawn to drawing, illustrations, and graphic… |
| Sandy Fife Wilson 12/01/2012 |
Sandy Fife Wilson, a retired teacher turned professional artist, talks about her childhood and the various art forms she was around. She describes the different types of media she uses to make her artwork,… |
| Scott Roberts 05/28/2015 |
Scott Roberts, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and how he has always been drawn to clay and art. He explains his career in automobile painting and repair and his decision to pursue art… |
| Shan Goshorn 02/15/2011 |
Shan Goshorn, a professional artist for many years, has worked in a variety of mediums. She talks about growing up and being one of the few native people in her school. She explains how she came to pursue… |
| Shan Gray 05/22/2013 |
Shan Gray, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and growing up around his artistic family members. He explains how he first started sculpting and some of the techniques and processes he likes… |
| Sharron Ahtone Harjo 09/06/2014 |
Sharron Ahtone Harjo, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and her decision to pursue art as a career. She goes through her art education and the teachers who encouraged her to keep doing art.… |
| Sherman Chaddlesone & Allie Chaddlesone 04/21/2011 & 05/21/2011 |
Sherman and Allie Chaddlesone, professional artists, discuss their childhoods and the influence of their American Indian heritage. They explain how they met at the Institute of American Indian Art and… |
| Skip Rowell 02/10/2013 |
Skip Rowell, a professional artist, talks about growing up and being discouraged from pursuing art. He explains how he eventually decided to make a career in art and why he chose scrimshaw as his main… |
| Timothy Tate Nevaquaya 11/17/2013 |
Timothy Tate Nevaquaya, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and the influence of his father, Doc Tate Nevaquaya, on his artwork. He explains how he decided to pursue art as a career and how… |
| Tom Fields 04/13/2011 |
Tom Fields, a photographer for many years, describes growing up and the experiences that led him to photography and art. He mentions some of the influential people in his life and the impact they have… |
| Tom Mooney 02/13/2015 |
Tom Mooney, a developer of the Trail of Tears Art Show, talks about his childhood, his interest in museum work, and how he came to work at the Cherokee National Heritage Museum. He explains his role in… |
| Toneh Chuleewah 04/01/2019 |
Toneh Chuleewah, a professional artist and jewelry designer, discusses his early exposure to jewelry design and metalsmithing by his father. He talks about his first experience at the Institute of American… |
| Tonia Weavel 10/20/2014 |
Tonia Weavel, an artist and clothing maker, talks about her childhood and how she learned to sew at an early age. She explains how she first started making traditional Cherokee clothing and how she has… |
| Tony Tiger 09/14/2012 |
Tony Tiger, a professional artist and art teacher, describes his childhood and his educational path to where he is now in his art. He talks about some of the projects he has worked on and some of the people… |
| Traci Rabbit 09/13/2013 |
Traci Rabbit, a professional artist, talks about growing up around her father, Bill Rabbit, and his art and how she wanted to follow in his footsteps. She discusses her education and how she approaches… |
| Troy Anderson 10/19/2011 |
Troy Anderson, a professional artist, talks about how he was hesitant to pursue a career in art and some of the other paths he followed before becoming an artist. He describes his style and why he is a… |
| Troy Jackson 11/05/2013 |
Troy Jackson, a professional artist, talks about growing up and his art education. He explains why he was drawn to sculpture as an art and how he decided to pursue art as a career. He discusses the process… |
| Tyra Shackleford 11/09/2016 |
Tyra Shackleford has been finger weaving almost her entire life but has only recently started sharing her work as an artist. She talks about growing up and being encouraged to learn more about her Native… |
| Vanessa Jennings 04/14/2016 |
Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and the influence of her grandparents on her art and life. She explains how she learned to bead and how she first became involved… |
| Victoria Mitchell Vazquez 05/20/2014 |
Victoria Mitchell Vazquez, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and the influence her mother, Anna Mitchell, the famous Cherokee potter, had on her life and career. She explains her decision… |
| Vivian Cottrell 03/13/2018 |
Vivian Cottrell, a professional artist, recalls being around Cherokee art all her life. She discusses learning to weave baskets at a young age from her mother, Betty Scraper Garner. Cottrell describes… |
| Wendy Ponca 11/23/2015 |
Wendy Ponca, a professional artist, talks about growing up around art and about her art education. She explains how she first became interested in textile and fiber arts and how that grew into fashion.… |
| William Harjo 02/12/2017 |
William Harjo has been making flutes and playing flute music for many years. He talks about growing up and traveling around for school. He explains how he first became interested in flute making and playing… |
| Yatika Starr Fields 04/08/2013 |
Yatika Starr Fields, a professional artist, describes his childhood and the circumstances that encouraged him to become a career artist. He explains the different mediums he works in, including live painting… |
| Yatika Starr Fields 09/11/2014 |
Yatika Starr Fields discusses his creative approach, subject matter, and techniques, as well as the difficulty of painting in New York and the competitive aspect of live painting. He talks about the influence… |
| Yonavea Hawkins 04/07/2015 |
Yonavea Hawkins, a professional artist, is well-known for her beadwork and drawings. She talks about growing up and loving art, but she recognized that being a full-time artist is difficult and instead… |
| Yvonne Kauger 01/22/2014 |
Yvonne Kauger, a longtime collector and admirer of American Indian art, talks about growing up around art and how she first started her collection. She explains how art has always been a part of her life… |
